November 2, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Franciscan Fathers Cyprian Berens, 88, and Valens Waldschmidt, 92, may be officially retired from active ministry, but the friars of the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province are still finding ways to share the spirit of St. Francis and reach out to other …

November 1, 2012 By Jeanne Hunt It’s Nov. 2 and I have eaten the last of the Milk Duds, Candy Corn, Hershey bars and Mary Jane candy. Sister Mary Walburga has just blown the whistle for fifth grade recess. The fifth grade girls are on a mission: Sister told us …

November 1, 2012 By Steve Trosley Does walking in the footsteps of Mother Theresa help prepare one for the rigors of pastoral life?  

November 1, 2012 By Michael Daley Though some may see this as a pathetic attempt to ingratiate myself to my editor, I’m actually serious. The Catholic press helps keep me Catholic. Perhaps even more importantly, I have it to thank for my wife June.   Back in the summer of …

November 1, 2012 By Fr. Kyle Schnippel Why does the church exist? Such a simple question, but such a variety of possibilities for answer. While it is true the church exists to perpetuate the sacraments, to continue Christ’s mission on Earth, to educate the youth; all seem to be possible …

November 1, 2012 By Steve Trosley Anyone who has played baseball or softball can tell you what it feels when he or she hits a ball squarely with the bat. It has its own feeling and sound. You instinctively know you did something right.

November 1, 2012 By Eileen Connelly, OSU Whether he was handing out utensils to guests or cleaning tables at the Over-the-Rhine Kitchen, William “Bill” Kenney always had a smile on his face and kind word for everyone he met. The longtime volunteer at Cincinnati’s oldest soup kitchen, who died Sept. …

Catholic Charities of SW Ohio, an agency of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, is collecting donations for the disaster relief efforts of Catholic Charities USA in response to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in the northeast.  

A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Magdalen Hutmacher was celebrated Oct. 24 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Magdalen, 92, died Oct. 19 at the Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 68 years. 

A consistent ethic of life should guide all Catholic engagement in political life. This Catholic ethic neither treats all issues as morally equivalent nor reduces Catholic teaching to one or two issues. It anchors the Catholic commitment to defend human life and other human rights, from conception until natural death, …